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The last month (July, 2016) witnessed a number of gruesome atrocities against Dalits that make us ponder whether India deserves to be classified a civilized country even in 20th century. The seer brutalities of these crimes will surpass plots of creepiest horror movies. In this article I will narrate few selected crimes against Dalits in last month.

A Dalit Couple Killed for Just Rs.15 (US$0.10)

A Dalit couple was killed with axe by a Brahmin shopkeeper named Ashok Mishra for pending dues of just Rs.15. The couple had purchased 3 biscuit packets few days before the incident from the shopkeeper on credit, and had promised to pay the amount once they get their wages. The couple work as daily laborers. On the fateful day, the Brahmin attacker confronted the couple when they were going to field for work and demanded instant payment. The couple pleaded that they will arrange the money by evening but the accused refused to listen. He rushed to his home and brought an axe and chopped the couple into pieces.

For Manuwadi of India Dalits life is not worth 10 cent. The world community should denounce Indians and their barbarity that emanate from sub-standard culture they have.

2 Two Dalit Youths Were Beaten by 25 so-called Upper Caste Men for Overtaking their Vehicles

Sound bizarre? Yes it is true. The Manuwadi people have such a superiority complex and hatred against Dalits that they cannot even tolerate Dalit people overtaking their vehicles on public road. This incident happened in Maharashtra. Two Dalit youths were driving a vehicle with a big picture of Ambedkar printed on vehicle’s back. As soon as they overtook the vehicle the so-called upper caste people noticed the picture and stopped the vehicle. Around 25 of these cruel people beat up two Dalit youth in the vehicle mercilessly.

A 14 year Dalit girl in Delhi Kidnapped twice, Brutally Raped and Forced to Drink Acid

The gruesome and sordid incident happened in Delhi. A so-called upper caste man, who resides in neighborhood of the victim, sexually assaulted the girl in last December. Following the incident, the case went to court and the Manuwadi judge let the accused free. The accused kidnapped the girl again in May, 2016, repeatedly and brutally raped her, forced to drink acid laced with juice. Following the brutal rape the girl was admitted in a Delhi hospital. After remaining 30 days in life support, the innocent soul passed away.

You can gauge the barbarity of the savage so-called upper caste people from the incident.

A 15 Year Old Dalit Teen Murdered Over Inter-Caste Affair

Manuwadi upper castes hate Dalits – hate deeply. A 15 year Dalit boy who was in love with one of his so-called upper caste girl, was beaten up brutally, chased out on the road and assaulted until he lost his conscious. The doctor declared him dead on arrival. There were injury marks on the head of the victim. The girl’s father supposedly kicked in the private parts of the boy. It is worthwhile to mention that this is not a case of stalking but an affair with consent of both the boy and girl. Reportedly the duo studied in school for years and had affairs for very long time.

Dalit Family Attacked Over Rumor of Cow Killing

Around 50 members of so-called high caste people belonging to a right wing group attacked a Dalit family in Karnataka suspecting them of killing a cow. Three members of the family seriously injured with multiple fractures. These cruel barbarian did not even spare a disabled family member of the family. All the accused were let off in bail by Manuwadi local court.

The atrocities against Dalits have been increasing of late. Few Dalit youth in Gujarat committed suicide in protest. We at Ambedkar Periyar Society appeal to them not to take their lives. This does not solve the problem. We have a significant number of people that can do wonder. All that we need is to unite and resist.

I am an Agmark 100% anti-national. I am an anti-national. Please go ahead and prepare a prison cell for me. Keep in mind that I have a slight preference for solitary confinement. I do not want to play the role of cheerleader for a caste society that massacres an entire Dalit village in one night, a police force that colludes in such killing, a political system that justifies these atrocities, a court mafia that allows oppressor-caste culprits to walk away and a nation that allows this nightmare to happen again and again. I want to secede from this sickness.
A nation of mass graves in Kashmir and mass rapes in Bastar can cease to exist. The murders by your military and paramilitaries hold your India together, and since this puffs you up with pride, I wish funeral dirges replace your national anthem. The change in music will change your appreciation of the situation.

For a poem about the father of this nation, I had my books burnt. I no longer address Gandhi in poetry, I resort to the coarsest curses that my mother-tongue provides. Advertised as India’s greatest freedom fighter, his killers today call themselves India’s greatest patriots.

The Constitution may be celebratory, but at the end of a day, its implementation depends on a judiciary that quotes and upholds the Manusmriti. I have nothing but utter contempt for these courts and criminal jurisprudence that targets Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims.

This is the glorious nation whose farmers are pushed to suicide, whose workers are beaten up on factory floors, whose university campuses are laid siege by the police. Banks here exist for the sake of corporates who control the state. In the India where the 1% owns more than half the wealth, national pride is available on a supermarket shelf.

Soaked in the blood of each of the girl children who were not allowed to be born—and that is one woman like me killed for every ten men you see in this country of a billion people—the Indian tricolour has lost its moral fibre. Nation of female genocide, no flag can cover your shame.

I wish to have nothing to do with the idea of an Indian nation. In the name of patriotism, do not demand my complicity for your endless crimes. Count me out.

Note:This is written by prolific young writer Meena Kandasamy and was originally published on Outlook, dt 17/02/2016. One of the most brilliant piece I have read in recent times on Subaltern perspective.

Dr. Babasaheb Bhimji Rao Ambedkar has often been portrayed as unpatriotic, traitor and criticized for sabotaging Indian Freedom struggle. This biased outlook of the non-dalit people, especially the upper castes have found reflection in mainstream history books and narratives. Simply they hate Ambedkar because he was able to dent into their traditional privileges and succeeded giving Dalits some teethes in form of reservation in education and employment and political representation.

It is because of Ambedkar that India has been able to march forward amidst extreme yet conflicting diversities. It is because of him Hinduism still a majority religion. It is because of his progressive ideas that the western notions of equality and justice have gained some ground otherwise in an extreme unequal and unjust hierarchical social order.

When Ambedkar was tasked to frame constitution of free India by Gandhi and Nehru, he had a great opportunity to vent his frustration and anger against society by breaking India into warring provinces and states. Did he do that? No, he did not. In fact a segment of brain-dead upper castes were demanding to model India after United States. They had proposed to name India as United States of India. Had Ambedkar listened to them or had he had any malicious intent Indian would have now succumbed as a nation. India would have collapsed like erstwhile USSR or Yugoslavia.

The unique type of federalism that Ambedkar introduced in India is the main driving force behind India as a unified nation. The sweeping power to center in matter of defense, finance and national security has made India a center led federalism. There is no scope for a state or region to demand secession from the country. Because of this there is no secession of any state or region from India since independence despite occasional demands for separate country like Khalistan, Gorkhaland etc.

Ambedkar had deep knowledge about the extreme unequal Indian society and the systematic exploitation and oppression of Dalits through centuries. He himself has experienced the trauma of untouchability. He could easily have converted to a foreign religion like Islam and Christianity. In fact Muslim and Christian clerics tried their very best to convert him to their respective religion but Ambedkar refused fair and square. Instead he chose an indigenous religion, i.e, Buddhism to get converted into. He chose Buddhism because he loved the country and did not forget his indigenous root.

Now let’s pause and ask: “What would have happened had Ambedkar converted to Islam or Christianity?” Obviously, Dalits would have converted to any of thesee religions en masse. This move could have potentially helped many Dalits escaping the caste oppression and exploitation of Hindu social order as these religions don’t have hierarchical orders. Ambedkar was certainly not aware of it. He instead chose Buddhism, which has its root in Hinduism. He loved the country and the progressive ideas and elements in Indian culture.

Ambedkar’s disagreement with Gandhi and his opposition to Poona fast was rooted in his concern for future of Dalits in Independent India. He feared Dalits would be again subjected to the exploitative social order of the past, which the Mughals and British had weakened considerably during their rules. He was opposed to Gandhi who advocated a charity-based approach towards issues of Dalits. Gandhi had no concerns for Dalits. Whatever activism he had for Dalit issues was essentially to counter Ambedkar. Any person who had rudimentary knowledge of Indian history knows the fact.

The above discussion should make it clear that Ambedkar’s opposition and disagreement with Gandhi and other leaders should not be misconstrued as treachery or unpatriotic. At no point he opposed demand fro independence. Unlike many RSS leaders, he never sided with British. He was true patriot and it is reflected well in his deeds.

Author’s Note:On personal note I don’t agree with Babasaheb’s idea of converting to Buddhism. The best defense for Dalits would have been a resolute offence. Instead of remaining within Hindu fold and crying foul of discrimination and exploitation, it would have been better idea to reject the Hinduism and embrace a religion that treat them like human and ensures equality of members. It would have gone a long way removing the inferiority complex that Dalits were made to acquire right from their birth. The exposure to Islam or Christianity would have ensured for Dalits that the caste system/Hinduism is not all that about life and this world.